Catalonia’s separatists were planning their response on Oct. 22 after Spain took drastic steps to stop the region from breaking away by dissolving its separatist government and forcing new elections
- MADRID – Agence France-Presse
- Hurriyet
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his regional executive — who sparked a major political crisis by holding an independence referendum on Oct. 1 — will be stripped of their jobs and their ministries taken over under measures announced on Oct. 21 by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
“Yesterday there was a fully-fledged coup against Catalan institutions,” said Catalan government spokesman Jordi Turull.
“What happens now, with everyone in agreement and unity, is that we will announce what we will do and how,” he told Catalunya…